ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2023
Forensic odontology and dental age estimation research: a scoping review a decade after the NAS report on strengthening forensic science.
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- Development and validation of an age estimation model based on dental characteristics using panoramic radiographs.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Forensic odontology in the search of dental evidence at the scene of events with incinerated victims: a scoping review.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Forensic dental age estimation with deep learning: a modified xception model for panoramic X-Ray images.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Maintenance of dental records and awareness of forensic odontology among pakistani dentists: a mixed-method study with implications for dental data repository.BMC oral health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Dental age estimation (DAE) is one of the most reliable and useful scientific methods employed by forensic odontology (FO) for human identification. In 2009, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report highlighted the need to deepen research in many disciplines, among which FO received strong criticism for specific expertise. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview in order to systematically map the latest original research done in FO, as well as identify DAE within this field. A systematic search was performed from 2014 to 2019. In total, 644 studies were identified for qualitative analysis: DAE was the most studied topic (41.30%). Asia was the most productive continent with 58.27% of the global production on DAE; India was the most productive Asian country, with 32.33% and 55.48% of global and Asian production, respectively. The University of Macerata (Italy), KU Leuven (Belgium), University of Split (Croatia), and University of São Paulo (Brazil) led DAE research. Authors from leading countries on DAE research demonstrated great individual productivity, which is evidence of their scientific efforts, but also possible risks if the continuity of this line of research depends on them. Although FO has significantly focused its research on DAE, the absence of publications on controversial topics but necessary for research according to the NAS report shows the possible lack of interest of authors or journals to address them.
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